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All of them are better reads than the article in the Christian Science
{{citation needed}} Monitor.
Mike
On 17 Aug 2009, at 21:17, Keith Old wrote:
Folks,
Sorry if this is a duplicate thread but I haven't seen anything about
reaching this milestone.
The Christian Science Monitor reports/
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/17/wikipedia-blows-
past-3-million-english-articles/
"Wikipedia, the upstart social experiment that trusts the online
mob to
steward world knowledge, has hit a major milestone.
The English volume of the Web encyclopedia reached its 3 millionth
article.
That massive number of whos, whats, wheres, and whens culminated
with a
profile on Norwegian soap opera actress Beate
Eriksen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beate_Eriksen>en>.
In the less than 24 hours since she marked the 3 millionth entry,
more than
1,000 new articles have already flooded in."
It concludes with info about the disagreement between inclusionists
and
deletionists.
"Both see the other ruining Wikipedia, either by defeating the
point of an
open encyclopedia, or by expanding its “pages” until the site dies
from
irrelevance.
Which side do you come down on? More the merrier? Or quality over
quantity?
Let us know below, or join the conversation by following us on
Twitter<http://twitter.com/csmhorizonsblog>
."
Regards
*Keith Old*
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